83 search results for “is a and the werkt” in the Staff website
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Soulmates in Empire? Van Vollenhoven and the Colonial Contradictions of Grotius
On Thursday 14 October, Dr Martine van Ittersum gave the first lecture of the Van Vollenhoven Institute’s year-long workshop 'Reconsidering the Socio-Legal Gaze'. Attended by over 40 people, her lecture, entitled 'Van Vollenhoven and Grotius: Soulmates in Empire' examined Grotius’ influence on Cornelis…
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Amendment to Leiden University Guideline on Hiring Temporary Staff and the Leiden Hiring App
Organisation
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‘Dear Aunt Olga’ exhibition on the ties between Suriname and the Netherlands
The Surinamese-Dutch language, Parbo Beer and, of course, football. The ‘Dear Aunt Olga’ (‘Lieve tante Olga’) exhibition focuses on the shared Surinamese-Dutch culture. Full of cheer and with life experience to spare, ‘icon’ Aunt Olga (95) leads visitors through a shared history and does not shy away…
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Leiden Classic: 4 Questions on the origins of the university and the Dies Natalis
Every year around 8 February, Leiden University, the oldest university in the Netherlands, is celebrating its birthday. Why does the King still receive a telegram on the day of the Dies Natalis? 4 questions on the origins of Leiden University and its traditions for celebrating its foundation day.
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Equality as a driver for diversity: ‘Seek out contradiction and the unknown’
The freedom to be who you are – woman, man, homosexual, heterosexual, transgender, religious, atheist, and so on – is perhaps the Netherlands’ greatest attribute. The principle of equality and the right not to be discriminated against are in the very first article of our constitution. Yet there is a…
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Wanted! Educational innovations for the Comenius Leadership Fellowship and the Dutch Higher Education Award
Education
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Colonial Bureaucrats, the Metropole and the making of the 1875 East Indies’ Land Alienation Prohibition
On Thursday 9 December, Dr Upik Djalins presented an online lecture, entitled 'The Colonial Bureaucratic Network versus the Metropole: The Origin Story of Land Alienation Prohibition in the 1870s East Indies'.
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Ilya Kokorin and the annual symposium of the Texas International Law Journal (TILJ)
On 6 February 2021, Ilya Kokorin presented his research at the annual symposium organised by the Texas International Law Journal (TILJ).
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Executive Board column: Hester Bijl on research and the pressure to win funding
Giving lectures, marking exams, essays or theses, supervising students and PhDs, doing research and, as if that wasn’t enough, also trying to raise the necessary funding. There is a limited number of funds for academic research and a large number of applications. Many of our researchers therefore experience…
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Daniel Peat in El País on the International Court of Justice and the war in Ukraine
President Zelensky of Ukraine has asked the UN International Court of Justice to issue an urgent order to stop Russian military activity in his country. According to Zelensky, Russia has twisted the concept of genocide to justify aggression.
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Cleveringa Professor Jan Grabovski about the Polish government and the Holocaust
Grabovski spoke in various media on the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day on 27 January 2022.
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Support the Ukrainian and Russian students in Leiden and The Hague
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has also had dramatic consequences for Ukrainian students at Leiden University. Besides their intense concern about the fate of family and friends, they also face major financial problems. This also applies to Russian students who can no longer access their bank accounts.…
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Graça Machel in Leiden: human rights, the crucial role of academia and the importance of intergenerational dialogue
Almost three years after receiving her honorary doctorate, Dr Graça Machel returned to Leiden University. Over the course of two days she spoke with students, researchers, and other interested persons, about human rights – particularly those of women and children – in a world in which these are continually…
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Algorithms and the Rule of Law in the Justice System: Melanie Fink on the Future of Justice in Estonia and Beyond
On 24 March 2023, the University of Tartu, Estonia hosted a Workshop on ‘'Algorithms, Rule of Law, and the Future of Justice: Implications in the Estonian Justice System’.
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Mamadou Hébié represents Latvia and the African Union in landmark use of force and climate change cases
Dr Mamadou Hébié, Associate Professor of International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, served last week as legal counsel in the world’s first advisory proceedings concerning climate change before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), on the one hand, and…
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Beschadigd vertrouwen: Vertrouwenwekkend schadebeleid na door de overheid gefaciliteerde schade
Lecture
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Disinformation and the law
Lecture
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Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations
Conference
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Discrimination and the Foundation of Justice
PhD defence
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In the Shadow of the Constitution: the Micropolitics of Constitutionalism in Cambodia
VVI Research Meetings 2022-2023
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Debate: Human Rights and the World Cup Qatar
Debate
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The situation in Israel/Palestine and the role of courts
Inaugural panel discussion
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Princes and Prophets: Democracy and the Defamation of Power
PhD defence
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Leiden Research Support Network Conference 2024
Conference
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Border externalization and the benefits for peripheral countries
Van Vollenhoven Lecture 2023
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EUniWell Open Lecture Series | Cultural Heritage, Well-being and the Future
Lecture, Lecture part of a series
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Emergence of Democratic Firms in the Platform Economy: Drivers, Obstacles, and the Path Ahead
PhD defence
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Seminar 'Public Prosecution Services and the Rule of Law in Europe'
Conference
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Panel discussion Bias in AI, algorithms, and the tech sector - Young Alumni Network
Alumni event
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European Mining Conference: Developments in Deep-Sea Mining and the EU Critical Raw Materials Act
Conference
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academics within the Una Europa alliance | Session 2: France, Belgium and the Netherlands
Webinar
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Voluntary return and the limits of individual responsibility in the EU Returns Directive
PhD defence
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A fair balance: health data protection and the promotion of health data use for clinical and research purposes
PhD defence